"Historical fiction is having a moment", said Cosmopolitan. From novels inspired by Shakespeare to clever reimaginings of ...

John Jakes, best-selling author of historical novels, dies at 90. Mr. Jakes published more than a dozen best-selling historical novels, including the ‘North and South’ trilogy on the Civil War ...

News; History; Sunderland; The best-selling author whose historical novels are set in the North East of 100 years ago Author Glenda Young who grew up in Ryhope, Sunderland, talks about her series ...

Keep scrolling to discover 12 of the best historical fiction books that will magically take you back in time to the 1800s, 1900s and beyond. Happy reading! For a captivating WWII story told in ...

We look at ten of the best historical novels 200 years ago, on July 7 1814, the first authentic historical novel, Sir Walter Scott's Waverley, was published. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Harris, the author of numerous works of historical fiction including “Fatherland” and “An Officer and a Spy,” sets his latest novel in 1914, when Europe is on the cusp of war.

Alix Christie's novel Gutenberg's Apprentice is a stand-out debut that takes readers into Gutenberg’s 15th-century Mainz workshop to experience the frustration and exhilaration of designing ...

The best historical novels of 2024 do all this and more, covering many millennia as they take us from ancient Greece to Shakespearean London to Cold War Europe. How are we classifying a period piece?

Kate Mosse doesn’t just write historical fiction – she immerses you in it. From the labyrinthine streets of medieval France to the heat of 16th-century Southern Africa, her novels are known ...

Shannon Chakraborty is the critically acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author of the Daevabad trilogy and “The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.” March 28, 2025 ...